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Laserengraving bioplastic

For laserengraving, you need a bitmap image. I did some tests with different possible settings in Photoshop.

laserengraving settings

Lasercut settings:

Bitmap images settings:

  1. Diffusion dither
  2. Pattern dither
  3. Custom pattern with diagonal stripes

laserengraving settings laserengraving settings laserengraving settings

Process

Thin bioresin: because it was a thin material it was easier to get it to stay flat. The cut settings for this thickness were too powerful, that’s why the edge on the right upper side is not completely straight.

laserengraving laserengraving result 1

Thick bioresin: this is the same material as before but thicker and with more irregularities. I needed to use some weights because it had significant height differences; it was flatter on the bottom of the material so I engraved the image upside down.

laserengraving laserengraving result 2

Biofoam: the material wasn’t completely flat resulting in local color differences. The letters (‘ah’) were too small and should have stayed fully black instead of dithered.

laserengraving laserengraving result 3

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